Marlin Masters: Atlantis Slot by Hacksaw Gaming

Fishing in a Sunken Empire

Marlin Masters: Atlantis takes Hacksaw's fishing franchise underwater. Greek columns frame a 5x4 grid with 26 paylines, and the whole setup sits inside what looks like a sunken temple. This is the third game in the series after the original Marlin Masters and The Big Haul, and the shift to Atlantis brings a Kraken collector mechanic that the earlier games didn't have.

The core loop revolves around Marlin symbols carrying cash values from 1x to 100x your bet. On their own, they just sit on the reels looking pretty. But land a Fisherman symbol and it scoops up every Marlin on the grid, paying out their combined value. Fishermen can carry multipliers too - x1 through x20 - applied to the total collection. Up to three Fishermen can land on a single spin, each collecting independently.

Kraken Collector Respins

The Kraken Collector only appears on reel 1. When it lands, it expands to cover the entire first reel and triggers a respin sequence. During respins, only Marlins, Jackpot Marlins, and Dead Fish symbols can land. Every Marlin that hits becomes sticky and stays put. Respins continue until a spin produces no new Marlins - then everything gets collected at once.

Dead Fish are exactly what they sound like: blanks that eat up positions without paying. The tension during Kraken respins comes from watching sticky Marlins accumulate while praying Dead Fish don't fill the remaining spots too fast.

Jackpot Marlins and the 10,000x Path

Four jackpot tiers live on the left side of the screen: Mini (25x), Major (100x), Mega (500x), and Max Win (10,000x). These aren't progressive - they're fixed multipliers of your bet. Jackpot Marlins activate when collected by a Fisherman or when they're part of a winning LootLine. They reveal one of the four prizes at random.

LootLines are paylines made entirely of Marlin symbols. Instead of the normal paytable payout, a LootLine pays the sum of all the Marlin values sitting on that line. Stack a few high-value Marlins (50x, 100x) on the same payline and the math gets interesting fast.

Two Bonus Games, One Trident Bar

Three FS scatters trigger Sunken Empire with 10 free spins. Four scatters unlock Pose for Poseidon with 15. Both bonuses use a progressive Trident Bar that fills as Fisherman symbols land.

Every fifth Fisherman triggers an upgrade: the first guarantees all future Fishermen carry at least x2 multipliers and adds 8 spins. The second bumps the minimum to x3 with another 8 spins. The third pushes it to x5 plus 8 more spins. Starting with 15 spins in Pose for Poseidon gives you a better shot at reaching those higher tiers, where even small Marlin values get amplified significantly.

Two FeatureSpins buy options are available. BonusHunt makes bonus triggers 5x more likely. Noisy Neptune guarantees a Kraken Collector and a Marlin every spin, which turns the base game into a steady collection engine.

Where It Lands

The paytable on regular symbols is modest - top paying HIGH_4 only hits 7.5x for five of a kind. The real money is in Marlin collections and Fisherman multipliers, which makes the base game feel slow when neither mechanic fires. The Kraken respins add a layer the original Marlin Masters lacked, and the progressive Trident Bar gives bonuses actual buildup instead of flat free spins. But 10,000x with high volatility means plenty of bonus rounds that barely cover the trigger cost.